司法覆核

Chinese

		administration of justice; judiciary; judicature	to review; to check; to examine and verify
trad. (司法覆核)		司法	覆核
simp. (司法复核)		司法	复核

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīfǎ fùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄈㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ faat³ fuk¹ hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīfǎ fùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄈㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihfǎ fùhé
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-fa³ fu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: sz̄-fǎ fù-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syfaa fuhher
    • Palladius: сыфа фухэ (syfa fuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ faat³ fuk¹ hat⁶
    • Yale: sī faat fūk haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ faat⁸ fuk⁷ hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ fad³ fug¹ hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ fʊk̚⁵ hɐt̚²/

Noun

司法覆核

1. (law) judicial review

Usage notes

Meaning conflated with constitutional review in Hong Kong, as under British common law, judicial reviews cannot struck down primary legislation.

Synonyms

• 司法審查／司法审查 (sīfǎ shěnchá)